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Cooing for a strange genius
Bloomberg NewsAn enchanting new novel, "The Invention of Everything Else" by Samantha Hunt (Houghton Mifflin, $24), imagines the last weeks of the Serbian engineer and dreamer Nikola Tesla as he feeds his beloved pigeons and befriends an oddball chambermaid at the...Tags: Manhattan, Belief and Faith, Sun Myung Moon, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Invention and Innovation
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Unlikely friendship
The Invention of Everything Else By Samantha Hunt Houghton Mifflin, 257 pages, $24 I took a journey with "The Invention of Everything Else," a new novel based on the life of inventor Nikola Tesla, by Samantha Hunt. There were the first glorious seven...Tags: Wireless Technology, Books and Magazines, Animals, Invention and Innovation, Mark Twain
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'The Invention of Everything Else' by Samantha Hunt
The Invention of Everything Else A Novel Samantha Hunt Houghton Mifflin: 258 pp., $24 Nothing comes quite as close to an actual time machine as a well-written novel about a historical figure. Step right in. Buckle up. In "The Invention of...Tags: Manhattan, New York, Wireless Technology, Tourism and Leisure, Hotels and Accommodations
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This stove cooks -- but burns
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterIn a makeshift laboratory equipped with little more than a battered chair and a cheap kitchen scale, inventor Rene Nuñez Suarez displays the contraption that has become his life's obsession. It's a stainless-steel cooker that uses about 95% less fuel...Tags: Employees, Engineering, Building Material, Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, Industrial Production
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This magic moment: so different, so new
Newsday Staff Writer"Every magic trick consists of three acts," explains Michael Caine at the top of "The Prestige," provoking us into a state of wary alertness that we will hold until the curtain falls, more than two hours later. The prestige is the final act: "the twists...Tags: Scarlett Johansson, Michael Caine, Edward Norton, David Bowie, Hugh Jackman
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Fast-Paised review: 'The Prestige'
Magicians Robert (Hugh Jackman) and Alfred (Christian Bale) become rivals after Alfred accidentally causes the mid-trick death of Robert's wife. They then continually try to one-up each other onstage. Scarlett Johansson also stars in the film, based on...Tags: Scarlett Johansson, Michael Caine, David Bowie, Hugh Jackman, Christian Bale
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'The Prestige'
Zap2It.com"Every magic trick consists of three acts,'' explains Michael Caine at the top of "The Prestige,'' provoking us into a state of wary alertness that we will hold until the curtain falls, more than two hours later. The prestige is the final act: "the twists...Tags: Scarlett Johansson, Michael Caine, Edward Norton, David Bowie, Hugh Jackman
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Movie review: 'The Prestige'
Tribune movie critic2½ stars (out of four) "The Prestige" is a prestige job all the way, from the eerie rightness of its opening shot--that of dozens of top hats scattered incongruously in the woods--to the felicity of a cast headlined by Hugh Jackman and Christian Bale...Tags: Scarlett Johansson, Michael Caine, David Bowie, Hugh Jackman, Christian Bale
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Bowie Submerges for 'Spongebob'
Zap2It.comWho visits a pineapple under the sea? Da-vid Bo-wie. The iconic singer-actor has voice a part on Nickelodeon's aquatic cartoon "SpongeBob SquarePants." Apparently, he mainly took the job because his daughter Alexandria is a fan of the show. Bowie blogged... -
DVD Review: 'The Prestige'
Zap2It.comChristopher Nolan's criminally overlooked "The Prestige" is a near-great movie, an intricate mindbender that improves with each viewing. So here's my recommendation: Feel free to rent the movie now, but don't waste $20 bucks on this slap-dash DVD set....Tags: Michael Caine, David Bowie, Hugh Jackman, Christian Bale, Batman
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